In this short scene, Nemo tries to explain the meaning of the word "hero" to Nemo's younger brother. Nemo explains that he has always wondered what it means to be a "hero," and that, in the eighteen years since the novel's publication, he has asked himself the same question over and over again. The answer he has come up with is that a hero must be someone who protects and today what he wants to protect is "someone who protects" .